Curtis Randle, 52, who said he was chronically homeless for about eight years, sits in his efficiency apartment in a New Hope Housing, 57-unit building downtown on Thursday.

Curtis Randle, 52, who said he was chronically homeless for about...

The homeless population in the Houston metropolitan area has continued to decline, prompting advocates Thursday to declare they are on track to meet a federal goal of housing virtually all chronic and veteran homeless by the end of 2015.

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